iSciCL

Informatics and Scientific Computing Laboratory

I494 Tentative Class Schedule

Fall 2013

Tentative means that this schedule may change due to weather, classroom pace, etc.


Date Class Topic
Reading, Assignments, etc.
M 8/26 Syllabus, What is Project Management?
Chapter 4 of Project Management for Modern Information Systems by Dan Brandon (Books24x7) has an excellent overview
W 8/28 Software Engineering Lifecycle
M 9/2 NO CLASS - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
W 9/4 Organization Structures; Teams & Project Assignments
M 9/9 Teams and conflict
Read Chapters 7 & 8 from IT Project Management: On Track From Start to Finish by Phillips available through Books 24x7 IT Pro. There will be an online quiz due before the start of class.
W 9/11 Intro to Libre Project?
In Class Exercise.
M 9/16 Project Initiation
Read Chap. 2 from Software Project Management: A Process Driven Approach by Ahmed available on Books 24x7 IT Pro. Also read the selection from Cadle and Yeates available on Oncourse. There will be an online quiz.
Project Assignment 1 due
W 9/18 Communication in Projects
Slides and notes in class. Also refer back to the Reading on Teams in the book by Phillips for Quiz 1.
M 9/23 Stakeholder analysis
Read Chap 6 of Busisness Analysis by Paul and Yeates.
Project Assignment 2 due
W 9/25 Planning
Read Chap 6 and 7 from Project Management for Modern Information Systems by Brandon. Chapter 6 is somewhat of a review of what we already covered regarding project initiation. There will be an online quiz emphasizing Chapter 7.
M 9/30 Scheduling
Slides/notes from class.
Project Assignment 3 due
W 10/2 In Class Exercise
M 10/7 Feasability and Cost Benefit Analysis
Read Chap. 3 in Project Management for Modern Information Systems by Brandon available on Books 24x7 IT Pro. There will be an online quiz due at the start of class.
Project Assignment 4 due
W 10/9 Intermediate Project Status Presentations (In class assignment)
M 10/14 Requirements
Read Chaps. 6 and 7 in Determining Project Requirements by Jonasson available through Books 24x7. Also read Chap. 15 from IT Project Management Handbook by Sodhi and Sodhi. There will be an online quiz.
W 10/16 In Class Requirements Assignment
HW 2 due
M 10/21 Finish up requirements
Project Assignment 5 due
W 10/23 Kimmer sick kid - reqs finished up
M 10/28 Quality Engineering
Read Chap. 11 in IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish by Phillips available on Books 24x7 IT Pro. There will be an online quiz due at the start of class.
W 10/30 Finish quality - Lab: Linux Commands, Permissions, and the File System
M 11/4 Lab: Joomla Install/Intro
W 11/6 Finish Joomla Install
M 11/11 Joomla plugins and templates
W 11/13 PHP
M 11/18 PHP Part Deux
Project Assignment 6 & 7 due
W 11/20 Risk Management
Last Online Quiz on Chap. 10 in Introduction to IT Project Management by Snyder and Parth and Chap. 8 of Project Management for Modern Information Systems by Brandon, both on Books 24x7 IT Pro
Take Home Test Assigned - Covers through Quality Management 10/30 class
M 11/25 Change Management
Take Home Test Due 1 PM
W 11/27 NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK
M 12/2 No class - Kimmer away at conference
W 12/4 Class is optional (i.e. capstone team time/talk to Kimmer time) - Kimmer wants to meet with each Project Manager W-F this week
Project Assignment 8,9 due
W 12/11 1:15 PM - Final Exam Scheduled
Intermediate Project Status Presentations (In Class Grade)
Project Assignment 10,11 due

cjkimmer -at- ius.edu